Apocalyptic Disaster: I Hoard Billions in Supplies and Kill the Saint

78: Chapter 78 Decision-Making Difficulty”You can take the jade stone whenever you want—there’s no rush.”

His tone was gentle, almost tender, like spring water soothing a glacier.

Zhao Wei glanced over, his mouth twitching fiercely, and muttered in the channel: ”Ouch, this little ’green tea’ vibe... it’s so strong I could almost drink it with a spoon.”

Zhang Tianjin didn’t say anything, but the murderous intent in his eyes—the ’I really want to punch him’ look—could no longer be suppressed.

Sun Hao swept a faint glance at Chu Yunting, then looked at Ye Nanxing, his mind making only one judgment: ”He won’t do.”

Zhou Cheng posted a cold critique in the channel: [Strategic approach, typical green tea testing framework, motive: emotional binding + trust exchange.]

On the other side.

Zhou Xiao’s gaze was dark and heavy; he hadn’t spoken the whole time.

Only when the words ”The jade stone is always there on my side” fell did he finally smile lightly.

The smile didn’t reach his eyes.

”The jade stone is always there?” Zhou Xiao raised his eyes. ”You’re quite free, aren’t you?”

”I thought you were in the South District setting up supply lines, but it turns out you’re guarding a warehouse?”

Chu Yunting replied unhurriedly: ”You’re overstepping.”

”But whatever I have now, if she needs it, that is enough.”

The two clashed, and the air pressure sank bit by bit.

Zhao Wei was about to speak, but Ye Nanxing suddenly stood up, interrupting them.

Her gaze was sharp, sweeping over both of them, her tone steady but as cold as an arctic wind:

”I’m going to get the clothes first.”

”As for the jade stone—I’ll find him later.”

She looked at Chu Yunting, her eyes devoid of any warmth: ”Send me the location.”

Chu Yunting froze slightly, the smile still hanging on his lips, though it faded a little:

”Understood.”

”I’ll wait for you.”

Upon hearing this, the rhythm of Zhou Xiao’s fingers tapping on the chair back paused.

He immediately spoke: ”I’ll arrange the route.”

”As long as you follow me, you won’t die in the minus seventy-degree weather.”

Ye Nanxing put away her terminal and swept her gaze over the two of them:

”I will not stand behind anyone.”

”I walk my own path.”

With that, she sat back down, lowered her head to flip through the auction list, and looked at them no more.

At that moment, the entire venue seemed to instantly escape the encirclement of that Shura-like aura.

Chu Yunting smiled lightly, said nothing more, and quietly retreated to the VIP seats.

Zhou Xiao stood where he was, his gaze cold and dark, a faint curve on his lips.

But the Wind Eye soldiers standing beside him could already feel the air pressure on their commander quietly turning cold.

An adjutant spoke in a low voice: ”Leader... should we intervene?”

Zhou Xiao’s tone was calm, yet carried a sharpness that made it impossible to refute:

”She said it herself, she walks her own path.”

”We are only responsible for sweeping that path clean.”

The adjutant was startled, then nodded and retreated, not daring to say more.

Meanwhile, inside Ye Nanxing’s team channel—

Zhao Wei: [Boss’s aura... not cutting both of them down directly is already considered merciful.]

Zhou Cheng: [Zhou Xiao’s eyes look like he’s about to call a meeting to launch a nuke, and that corner of Chu Yunting’s mouth... I bet five hundred, he’ll be depressed tonight.]

Sun Hao said faintly: [Green tea is ultimately not a core resource; you can’t get serious about it.]

Zhang Tianjin fiddled with his tactical ring, his tone low:

”She said it, what she wants is the clothes, the jade stone, not you all.”

”Everyone else, stand down.”

Zhao Wei laughed: ”I just love that line of hers—all the men in the room are NPCs, only the Boss is the main plotline.”

D9 Hidden Market · Main Venue, the lights suddenly brightened, the central auction stage rose, and a mechanical voice resonated on all sides:

”Welcome, distinguished guests, to today’s main auction segment—”

”Lot No. 1: Battlefield-grade ’Ion Interference Module’, coverage range within 3 kilometers, ability shielding / communication blocking / radar interference.”

Starting bid: 2.8 million.

The venue was silent, with only a few scattered bids raising paddles, and the price climbed step by step.

Sun Hao glanced at it: ”These things aren’t cheap.”

Zhang Tianjin: ”If it can paralyze an enemy radar team for three hours, it wouldn’t make sense if it weren’t expensive.”

Zhao Wei chewed on an energy candy and curled his lip.

”Too bad we have Zhou Cheng; this thing is useless to us.”

They had already set their direction before coming—only buy supplies that could improve survival rates.

And right now, this pile of auction items looked high-end, but to Ye Nanxing—it was all noise.

Until—

”Lot No. 17: High-frequency Aurora Magnet · GML-7 V Original Component!”

”Universal orbital interference core, close-combat magnetic beam capture system, can be equipped on heavy modified vehicles or small base defense platforms.”

”Starting bid: 180 million!”

As soon as the voice fell, the main auction hall instantly heated up.

”Holy crap!”

Zhao Wei almost spat out his energy bar.

”Is this that legendary magnetic rail shield?!”

”High-frequency magnetic beam capture... can it really build a magnetic field barrier?”

Sun Hao muttered in a low voice, his fingertips sliding rapidly across the terminal screen.

Zhang Tianjin raised his eyes, his gaze suddenly sharpening.

”Being able to support a three-dimensional defense line against anti-ability impact for a short time, this isn’t equipment, it’s a life-saving device.”

Zhao Wei stood up with a ”slap,” almost overturning the stool beside him: ”Damn, Boss, we must snatch this!”

”This thing, it’ll at least go up to a billion, right?” Sun Hao blurted out.

Zhou Cheng was already fully focused, quickly pulling up the account balance.

”Wait a moment.” A voice suddenly interrupted.

Ye Nanxing.

Her expression was calm, her fingers still resting on the coffee cup lid, her tone light:

”Are you all... planning to snatch this?”

Several people turned their heads at the same time, as if they hadn’t reacted to her question.

Zhao Wei blurted out: ”No kidding! This is life!”

Sun Hao explained quickly: ”Nanxing, this is a ’Magnetic Rail Shield’, it can build a temporary magnetic field shield! Imagine this: minus seventy degrees, EMP storm + ability impact hitting at the same time, the whole temporary base relies on it to hold!”

Zhang Tianjin also said in a deep voice: ”Just one, and it can keep the entire team from being instantly frozen to death, blown up, or torn apart by ability waves.”

”...Just one?” Ye Nanxing raised an eyebrow.

”Yes.”

Zhou Cheng spoke extremely fast, ”The GML-7 V is a military test product, one piece covers a 160-square-meter radius, it can be deployed cyclically, it belongs to high-intensity combat readiness resources. One piece is enough.”

Ye Nanxing listened, didn’t understand much, but it sounded very powerful anyway.

She was quiet for two seconds, then said faintly: ”Then there’s no need to snatch it.”

The few of them froze in unison.

”Huh??”

Ye Nanxing picked up her coffee and said unhurriedly.

”I already bought it.”

”Three months ago, I think.” She recalled faintly, ”At an auction, I saw it and thought it looked quite nice, so... I just casually bid on it.”

”It was only thirty million back then.”

Zhao Wei: ”...You casually spent thirty million?”

Sun Hao: ”Do you know what it can do?”

”No.” Ye Nanxing’s eyes remained calm.

Ye Nanxing was telling the truth; in her previous life, she had only heard of it. As for what it was specifically used for, that was definitely not something a small fry like her could have found out.

But this life was different.

”...” A dead silence.